Roller seal-press



(No Model.)

G. A. CLINE.

ROLLER SEAL 1 31388..

No. 494,411. Patented Mar; 28, 1893.

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LYLYA UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

GEORGE A. CLINE, F TOLEDO, OHI O.

ROLLER SEAL-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 494,411, dated March28, 1893.

Application filed May 26.1892. Serial No. 434,510. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. OLINE, of

- Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of a device of this classthat shall be durable,-

cheap in construction, and one that can be easily operated withquickness and dispatch in the uses for which it is intended.

To this end my invention consists in a roller 1 seal press having leverhandles provided with jaws having rolling contact surfaces, said jawsbeing pivotally connected by straps or 7 seal after compression.

bands located on opposite sides of the jaws and passing diagonally withrelation to each other from one jaw to the other; and it furtherconsists in details of the several parts making up the device as awhole, and in their combination, as more particularly hereinafterdescribed and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side view of the device withthe handles closed, and showing the manner of its use. Fig. 2 is a likeview of the device-with the handles open, and also showing the manner ofuse. Fig. 3 is an endview of the device with the handles closed. Fig. 4:is a front view of the Fig. 5 is a front View of the crimped orroughened surface.-

In the accompanying drawings the letter (7, denotes the lever handles,made of any suitable material, preferably iron, that are provided ontheir outer ends with the jaws b having rolling contact surfaces 1). Thejaws b are preferably made integral with the lever handles as thisafiords the cheaper means of construction, and when they are thus madethey can be dropped or forged to shape at i very little cost, but it isobvious that the lever handlescan be made of one piece and the jaws ofanother rigidly secured together and yet come within the scope of myinvention.

The rolling contact surfaces 1) of the jaws b are provided withasuitable stampor figure that it is desired shall 'beimpressed on theseal, and this figure or design may be cut directly in the material ofwhich the jaw is composed, or the jaws may be provided with die socketswithin which dies having their faces provided with the suitable seal orstamp may be secured. The lever handlesa are pivotally connected bymeans of straps or. bands 0 secured, as by means of pins d passingthrough eachend, to each of the jaws b. Two of these straps or bands arepreferably used on each side of. the j aws, and they are diagonallydisposed running in opposite directions to each other, the preferredform being the one in which one strap passes from the outer edge oftheside of one jaw to the inner edge of the side ofthe other jaw and thestrap on the other side of the jaw passes. from the inner edge of theside of the first above mentioned jaw to the outer edge of the side ofthe other jaw, this description having reference to the device when thelever handles are closed to gether. The bands on the opposite side ofthe device are disposed in a similar manner. This diagonal arrangementof the straps or bands holds the two lever handles securely and rigidlytogether and permits no lengthwise play or sliding movement of the jawswith relation to each other.

Instead of providing two of the bands above described on each sideof thedevice one band may be effectually used upon each sidein which case thebands would be disposed with relalation to each other in the same manneras the two bands above described located-upon the same side, that is,one of the bands passing from the outer edge of oneside ofthe jaw to theinner edge of the side of the opposite jaw and the band on theoppositeside of the device passing from the inner edge of the si e of the firstmentioned jaw to the outer edge of the side of the last mentioned jaw.

The pins cl that are used to pivotally connect the jaws together attheir outer edges projecting end of the pin and limiting the outwardswinging movement of thelever handles.

The above described construction of the headed pins to form astop deviceis preferred, but it is obvious that where two bands are used upon eachside of the device a stop will be formed by the pin securing the upperend of the band located farthest away from the side of the jaws, theedge of the band located nearest the side of the jaws striking againstthis pin as shown at d in Fig. 2 of the drawings. In the drawings thelever handles are shown in Fig. 1 in contact with each other, but it isnot essential that the handles shall come together to limit the inwardswinging movement of the same as the peculiar construction of the headedpins above described will of themselves form a stop limiting the inwardas well as the outward swinging movement, and where two bands are usedon each side of the device the band located nearest the side of the jawscoming in contact with the lower pin of the band located farthest awayfrom the side of the jaws will form such a stop.

' The crosswise arrangement of the straps or bands taken in connectionwith the rolling contact surfaces of the jaws forms what may be termed abox 6 seen in the end view of Fig. 2, that effectually holds the wiresand seal in the proper position to be encountered by the rolling contactsurfaces of the jaws. The contact surfaces 1') are also provided with aroughened or crimped surface b and this may be formed integral with thejaw or the jaw may be provided with a socket 12 within which a diebearing this roughened or crimping surface may be secured. The preferredform of this crimping surface is one in which the teeth on each of theopposing surfaces shall fit into the spaces formed between theteeth ofthe opposite opposing face something after the manner of two gears, theteeth being preferably of triangular form. These crimping surfaces arepreferably so locatedthat when the lever handles are swung inward theywill bite upon the metal seal at its outer edge, thus forming a crimpupon the inner edge thereof.

The jaws are so formed that when the lever handles are swung togetherthere is sufficient space left between the rolling contact surfaces toenable the wires and seal to be easily passed between them, and when thelever handles are swung outward to their full extent the rolling contactsurfaces are brought close together; the device is then slid along thewire until the metal seal is brought close up into the angle formed bythe rolling contact surfaces. As thelever handles are swung inward thecrimping surfaces coming in contact with the outer edge of the seal forma crimp along such edge, and the rolling contact surfaces are soconstructed that during this inward swinging movement of the handlesthey shall remain closed together for a distance sufficient to flattenthe entire seal, but are so constructed that when the lever handles areswung inward to their fullest extent a sufficient space is left betweenthe rolling contact surfaces, as shown ate in the end view in Fig. 2, toallow the press to be withdrawn away from the seal.

The diagonal arrangement of the bands or straps connecting the leverhandles as above described, that is, a band on each side passing fromthe outer edge of one jaw to the inner edge of the other jaw and thebands on the opposite side passing from the inner edge of the firstabove mentioned jaw to the outer edge of the opposite jaw, is apreferred form of construction, but it is obvious that the device may beconstructed with straps or hands passing from the inner edge of one jawto the inner edge of the other jaw and the bands or straps on theopposite side of the jaws passing from the outer edge of one jaw to theouter edge of the other jaw or vice versa and yet be within the scope ofthe invention, so long as the diagonal arrangement of the bands orstraps is preserved.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a seal press, the lever handles havingthe jaws provided with rolling contact impression surfaces, anddiagonally arranged links connecting said jaws, all substantially asdescribed.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a roller seal press or likedevice having lever handles pivotally connected by means of diagonallyarranged links extending from one to the other, all substantially asdescribed.

3. In a seal press, in combination,the lever handles, the integral jawsprovided with die sockets, the dies fitting said sockets, and diagonallyarranged links pivotally connecting the jaws, all substantially asdescribed.

4. In aseal press,in combination, the lever handles, the integral jawshaving their rolling contact surfaces provided with a stamp or seal,diagonally arranged links pivotally connecting the lever handles, andthe pins or lugs forming stops to limit the movement of the leverhandles, all substantially as described.

GEORGE A. OLINE.

\Vitnesses:

L. M. MURPHY, WM. W. BROWN.

